On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:50:08 -0700 (PDT), metspitzer
<metspitzer@gmail.com> wrote:

>I think someone may be trying to use my wireless router to access
>Usenet.

Does you Dlink wireless router have a model number? You'll find it on
the front panel or the serial number tag. Extra credit for the
hardware version number found on the serial number tag (unless it's v1
where it's not mentioned).

If your unspecified model router supports WPA or WPA2 encryption,
please use it. That is usually sufficient to keep hackers like me out
of your system.

>I have been getting 502 errors when I try to access Usenet using
>Agent.

That would be Forte Agent. Any particular version? Are you
connecting to multiple NNTP hosts? Error 502 in NNTP means you're
trying to connect to too many hosts or run too many parallel streams
at the same time. It can also result in an authentication error when
one of the streams is trying to login to a host and fails. It's all
in the FAQ:
<http://www.forteinc.com/agent/faq.php#34F586034939A67685256C2F00650DCC>
<http://www.forteinc.com/agent/faq.php#5E822B4B46D021D685256C2F0066177A>

>Charter is my ISP and they said to reset my router.

Is Charter still in business? They file for Chapter 11 protection in
late March.

>I pressed the wireless reset button on the front and pressed the reset
>button in the back.

Lovely. You're probably now set to the default setting of your
unspecified model Dlink router. That means you have a wide open
wireless router which anyone in the neighborhood can use. You might
want to spend some time reading the manual and learning how to setup
the router. Also, how to save and restore the settings after support
tells you to do something ridiculous.

>I still get a 502 error.

Well, at least it's consistent.

>Can I try something else?

Sure. Burnt offerings, human sacrifice, invocation of the ancestral
spirits, fervent prayer, flagellation, and purchasing a replacement
router have all been know to work in the past. However, I don't think
these will do as much as a Google search for "agent 502 error" which
found the answer in a few seconds.

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